Sec. 2210.052.  MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN ASSOCIATION.  (a)  Each member of the association shall participate in insured losses and operating expenses of the association, in excess of premium and other revenue of the association, in the proportion that the net direct premiums of that member during the preceding calendar year bears to the aggregate net direct premiums by all members of the association, as determined using the information provided under Subsection (b).
(b)  The department shall review annual statements, other reports, and other statistics that the department considers necessary to obtain the information required under Subsection (a) and shall provide that information to the association.  The department is entitled to obtain the annual statements, other reports, and other statistics from any member of the association.
(c)  Each member's participation in the association shall be determined annually in the manner provided by the plan of operation.  For purposes of determining participation in the association, two or more members that are subject to common ownership or that operate in this state under common management or control shall be treated as a single member.  The determination shall also include the net direct premiums of an affiliate that is under that common management or control, including an affiliate that is not authorized to engage in the business of property insurance in this state.
(d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a member, in accordance with the plan of operation, is entitled to receive credit for similar insurance voluntarily written in areas designated by the commissioner.  The member's participation in the insured losses and operating expenses of the association in excess of premium and other revenue of the association shall be reduced in accordance with the plan of operation.
(e)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a)-(d), an insurer that becomes a member of the association and that has not previously been a member of the association is not subject to participation in any insured losses and operating expenses of the association in excess of premium and other revenue of the association until the second anniversary of the date on which the insurer first becomes a member of the association.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.
Amended by: 
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1408 (H.B. 4409), Sec. 13, eff. June 19, 2009.